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Brain Dead

1990 · 85 min

It is a dizzying descent into paranoia where the lines between reality and mental breakdown dissolve.

Directed by
Adam Simon
Genres
Thriller, Horror, Science fiction
Tagline
You have nothing to lose... except your mind.
Overview
In a battle of man versus machine, Martin, a top neurosurgeon who's studying brain malfunctions that cause mental illness, delves deep into his own mind to save himself from a megalomaniacal corporation.

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Directed by
Adam Simon
Genres
Thriller, Horror, Science fiction
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
relentless, 4 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • madness
  • technology
  • power
  • science
Places
  • workplace
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • unreliable narrator
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror7
Humour1
Realism3
Romance1
Tension9
Darkness8
Complexity9
Emotional weight6

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Genres
thriller, horror, science fiction
Directed by
Adam Simon
Written by
Adam Simon, Charles Beaumont
Starring
Bill Pullman, Bill Paxton, Bud Cort, Nicholas Pryor, Patricia Charbonneau, George Kennedy, Brian Brophy, David Sinaiko
Cinematography
Rohn Schmidt
Runtime
85 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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